Dave can't write decent lyrics to save his ass. He can write music for Roger like no one else, but as far as writing his own stuff he is far below Syd. Witness the fact that on the Division Bell (which does suck indeed), he needed his wife and several others to help him with the lyrics. He had one triumph, Childhood's End, and that's it. Sorry, Dave.

But then, Syd couldn't play guitar like Dave to save his ass, so I guess it all evens out.

ok, is this about guitar talent or overall, I mean in my opinion while Syd was certainly very innovative as a guitarist he is no where near Dave's category...songwriting the exact opposite, but since this is in Guitar I must assume we are talking about guitar talent...no contest there IMO...Dave